Second person questioned in fatal shooting of girl, 7

Heaven Sutton and Jerrell Dorsey

family photo

Heaven Sutton, 7, at the candy stand in front of her house on the 1700 block of North Luna Avenue Wednesday, the day she was shot and killed. Jerrell Dorsey (inset, right) was charged in the slaying of the girl.

Heaven Sutton, 7, at the candy stand in front of her house on the 1700 block of North Luna Avenue Wednesday, the day she was shot and killed. Jerrell Dorsey (inset, right) was charged in the slaying of the girl. (family photo)

Rosemary R. Sobol and Peter NickeasTribune reporters

A second person has been questioned in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl at her mother's candy stand in the Austin community on the West Side last week.

The 21-year-old man was stopped Wednesday morning in the 6100 block of North Avenue, according to a police report.

Sources say the man was with the gunman when he stepped from a gangway and opened fire in the North Austin neighborhood on June 27, hitting Heaven Sutton as she ran to her home. A 19-year-old gang member was also shot, police said.

Heaven's funeral is scheduled for today.

The alleged gunman, a 26-year-old reputed gang member, was arrested last week. Jerrell Dorsey, of the 1600 block of North Laramie Avenue, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.

Dorsey was taken into custody two nights after Heaven's death by members of the Chicago police department's fugitive apprehension unit and the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force. He tried to flee from the back of a building on the 5300 block of West Galewood Avenue, according to police.

The second man who was questioned has a criminal record that includes aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Police say he has a tattoo on his right forearm that says "Killa."

No charges had been filed against the second man and as of Friday night he was not in custody, according to police, but the investigation was ongoing.